Adam Steegstra survived three cardiac arrests at Anglesea Main Beach on Labour Day, after bystanders performed CPR and used a publicly accessible defibrillator. The device was installed by the Anglesea Lions Club, which has placed 19 defibrillators across Anglesea and Aireys Inlet. Steegstra, 44, had no history of serious illness and is now almost back to normal health. Ambulance Victoria says a patient's chance of survival more than doubles when CPR and an AED shock are given before paramedics arrive. Three people in the two towns have survived cardiac arrests over the past three years with defibrillator help.
Aireys Inlet Primary School will host its annual Aireys Fair on 31 October, running from 9am to 3pm. The fair, which has run for more than a decade, is organised by a committee of parents with help from grandparents, relatives and the wider community. It will be held alongside the Aireys Inlet Market, with rides and activities on the oval overlooking the ocean. A community-run bookstore will also operate, with all profits going back to the school.
A plant study begun after the Ash Wednesday bushfires will be revisited to track how bushland around Anglesea and Aireys Inlet has recovered. Angair will survey the original plots this spring and next year. The fires burnt 41,000 hectares across the Otways region in February 1983. The original decade-long volunteer project recorded which plants grew back in affected areas. Angair is seeking volunteers for site visits on 26, 27 and 30 October who can identify at least 80 per cent of likely plants.
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